Error code
La Cornue induction hob: the pan-missing symbol means the zone cannot see a suitable pan, and it is usually the pan
La Cornue — an indicator rather than a code. Every induction zone on these cooktops has a pan detector, and when a zone is switched on with no pan on it — or with a pan too small for that zone — no heat is generated and the pan-missing symbol appears.
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What we can confirm
Signal Pan missing symbol, from the manufacturer's own documentation
This code has no number, because this equipment has no display to put one on. The appliance signals it instead — an alarm, a symbol or a pattern of lights — and what it means is recorded in the documentation that ships with it.
The signal
Pan missing symbol
Every induction zone on these cooktops has a pan detector, and when a zone is switched on with no pan on it — or with a pan too small for that zone — no heat is generated and the pan-missing symbol appears. The size part is the one that catches people out, because the pan looks perfectly reasonable: the published minimum base diameters are 4¾ inches at the front left zone, 5½ inches at the rear zones and 8¼ inches at the center. A smaller pan is not a malfunction, it is a pan the zone cannot couple to.
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What it narrows down to
the zone cannot see a suitable pan, and pan size is the usual reason
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What else belongs to the cooktops and rangetops
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
the hob electronics are too hot and have shut down
the electrical connection is wrong and the hob has latched off
an internal problem that needs a technician
no display, which the maker puts down to the supply
the protective device keeps operating and that is a test, not a reset
it will not switch on, and both of the maker's checks are upstream
the zone is still hot — an indicator, not a problem
disconnect it immediately and do not use it until it is repaired
pan noise on induction is normal at high power
scratches do not come out, and pan bases are usually the cause
the flame safety device is not holding in
usually a burner head refitted wrongly or wet after cleaning
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In more detail
About La Cornue induction hob: the pan-missing symbol means the zone cannot see a suitable pan, and it is usually the pan
What the appliance is actually doing
Every induction zone on these cooktops has a pan detector, and when a zone is switched on with no pan on it — or with a pan too small for that zone — no heat is generated and the pan-missing symbol appears. The size part is the one that catches people out, because the pan looks perfectly reasonable: the published minimum base diameters are 4¾ inches at the front left zone, 5½ inches at the rear zones and 8¼ inches at the center. A smaller pan is not a malfunction, it is a pan the zone cannot couple to.
Quoted rather than interpreted
If a cooking area is switched on and there is no pan in place or if the pan is too small for the cooking area, then no heat will be generated.
From the CornuFé 110 induction installation and user guide (U111136-03, January 2023), in a User Guide & Service Manual downloaded from La Cornue's own site. Nothing on this page is decoded beyond what that sentence says.
Which machines this one applies to
La Cornue induction cooktops and rangetops, and the electric and multifunction ovens. La Cornue publishes three codes in the whole of its US documentation and its Château guide carries no troubleshooting section, so a behavior missing from this archive is not proof that your appliance cannot do it — the maker simply never wrote a table for it. What its guides do document, they document in sentences, and those are on this site under the maker's own wording. The model number, and which top the range was ordered with, settle what any of it means.
What to do about it
- Try a different pan — heavy, flat, and magnetic enough that a fridge magnet grips its base firmly.
- Measure the base against the minimum for that zone: 4¾ inches front left, 5½ at the rear, 8¼ in the center.
- Check the pan is centered on the zone rather than overlapping two.
- If a known good pan on the right zone still shows the symbol while other zones work, that is a coil or a detection problem and it is worth a visit.
- Do not rely on the pan detector to switch a zone off after cooking — the maker says explicitly to switch the element off by its own control.
Where this goes next
The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and every one of those pages carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call (305) 614-3699 and describe what the display is doing before booking anything.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards